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How do our Reactions to Obstacles and Hardships Help to define us as Individuals? As our fragile minds go through adolescence and on to adulthood, we face obstacles that are put in our way that shape and define us as human beings. Some people tend to crack under the pressure others trudge through it challenging and pushing themselves to their limits. We aren’t always alone we have people that are there to help us along the way and sometimes they leave their mark on you like on the last shot in which a man talks about a lost friend who died in war (Source G). We find the strength and character in our hardship to develop and function in society. Hardship some times teaches us how to work harder and not to be afraid to fail and start all over again making people stronger and resourceful. It isn’t how you face the challenge that matters it’s how you react and respond to it that counts. In a short story called White Lies a little girl was faced with the fact that her skin was as white as snow. She had a tough time making friends and instead of taking all the constant jokes and harassment from the other kids, she pretended her father worked at a candy story so that everyone would like her. In reality Connie went with her mother to buy the candy everyday for the children who requested it (Source A). When you’re the one constantly being targeted for your appearance, you’ll do anything to make your life a little bit easier. There are certain ways to handle obstacles like these, but I believe Connie could have handle it a different way because now she wont know who her real friends are and aren’t. Some obstacles also come from within you, such as learning disorders. Ten to fifteen percent of the US population has dyslexia and maybe put under the forty-four million adults with the lowest level of literacy. This limits their ability to find jobs and function independently within their communities. Many people have had to deal with dyslexia and it only makes them